Tenable vulnerabilities3 known to be exploited.
Tenable has 151 published vulnerabilities across 15 products in our catalogue. 3 of them are on the list of flaws known to be exploited, so criminals are using them now. The most affected product is Nessus, with 65. If you run Tenable software, patch the exploited flaws first.
The most recent Tenable flaw added to the known-exploited list is CVE-2020-11023, on 23 January 2025. We keep watching the known-exploited list.
Which Tenable products have the most vulnerabilities?
Nessus leads with 65 published vulnerabilities. Open a product to see its versions and which of its flaws criminals are already using.
Which Tenable vulnerabilities are being exploited?
3 flaws are on the government list of vulnerabilities known to be exploited. These are the ones criminals are using now, so they go first, whatever their severity score says.
- 6.9JQuery Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) Vulnerability
JQuery contains a persistent cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability.
- 8.7PHP FastCGI Process Manager (FPM) Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
In some versions of PHP in certain configurations of FPM setup, it is possible to cause FPM module to write past allocated buffers allowing the possibility of remote code execution.
- 9.0Apache HTTP Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF)
A crafted request uri-path can cause mod_proxy to forward the request to an origin server choosen by the remote user.
Which Tenable flaws are most likely to be used?
Ranked by the latest exploit-likelihood forecast: the chance each flaw is used in an attack in the next 30 days. A high severity score on its own doesn't tell you that. Flaws shared by many other makers' products are left out.
- >99%
A crafted request uri-path can cause mod_proxy to forward the request to an origin server choosen by the remote user.
- >99%
In PHP versions 7.1.x below 7.1.33, 7.2.x below 7.2.24 and 7.3.x below 7.3.11 in certain configurations of FPM setup it is possible to cause FPM module to write past allocated buffers into the space reserved for FCGI...
- >99%CVE-2020-11022Medium
In jQuery versions greater than or equal to 1.2 and before 3.5.0, passing HTML from untrusted sources - even after sanitizing it - to one of jQuery's DOM manipulation methods (i.e.
- 97%CVE-2021-44790Critical
A carefully crafted request body can cause a buffer overflow in the mod_lua multipart parser (r:parsebody() called from Lua scripts).
- 88%CVE-2021-3711Critical
In order to decrypt SM2 encrypted data an application is expected to call the API function EVP_PKEY_decrypt().
- 85%
In jQuery versions greater than or equal to 1.0.3 and before 3.5.0, passing HTML containing <option> elements from untrusted sources - even after sanitizing it - to one of jQuery's DOM manipulation methods (i.e.
- 82%CVE-2021-44224High
A crafted URI sent to httpd configured as a forward proxy (ProxyRequests on) can cause a crash (NULL pointer dereference) or, for configurations mixing forward and reverse proxy declarations, can allow for requests...
- 73%CVE-2022-0778High
The BN_mod_sqrt() function, which computes a modular square root, contains a bug that can cause it to loop forever for non-prime moduli.
- 65%CVE-2021-34798High
Malformed requests may cause the server to dereference a NULL pointer.
- 64%CVE-2021-3449Medium
An OpenSSL TLS server may crash if sent a maliciously crafted renegotiation ClientHello message from a client.
All Tenable products we track.
12 products, most vulnerabilities first. Find the ones you run, then open a product to see its versions and exploited flaws.
- Nessusnessus65 vulnerabilities153 versions
- Tenable.sctenable.sc46 vulnerabilities12 versions
- Nessus Network Monitornessus_network_monitor14 vulnerabilities20 versions
- Securitycentersecuritycenter10 vulnerabilities7 versions
- Log Correlation Enginelog_correlation_engine9 vulnerabilities5 versions
- Nessus Agentnessus_agent9 vulnerabilities86 versions
- Applianceappliance4 vulnerabilities36 versions
- Security Centersecurity_center4 vulnerabilities1 version
- Web UIweb_ui2 vulnerabilities3 versions
- Nessus Amazon Machine Imagenessus_amazon_machine_image1 vulnerability1 version
- Plugin Feedplugin_feed1 vulnerability1 version
- Plugin-Setplugin-set1 vulnerability2 versions
This directory lists the 12 Tenable products with at least one tracked version, of 15 in our catalogue.
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1 flaw being exploited affects software Acme tracks
JQuery contains a persistent cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability. When passing maliciously formed, untrusted input enclosed in HTML tags, JQuery's DOM manipulators can execute untrusted code in the context of the user's browser.
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Our catalogue lists 151 published vulnerabilities across 15 products and 327 versions from Tenable. The most recent Tenable flaw added to the known-exploited list is CVE-2020-11023, on 23 January 2025.
3 Tenable vulnerabilities are on the list of flaws known to be exploited. The most recently added are CVE-2020-11023, CVE-2019-11043 and CVE-2021-40438. The full list is on this page.
Nessus, with 65 published vulnerabilities. Its own page lists the ones known to be exploited.
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